Editor, Gazette Journal:

Ralph Northam deserves our thanks and our votes on Tuesday.

Whether caring for a fallen soldier during the first Gulf War, an injured high school football player as he did here in Mathews, or a sick child at The King’s Daughters, Ralph Northam serves with compassion and humility.

He has reached across the aisle, forming the Commonwealth Coalition, a group comprised of members of both parties, working together to solve the problems we face, instead of drawing lines in the sand. He cares about the Chesapeake Bay and the way of life it provides for all who call it home. He is about healing and fixing, instead of tearing down. We are lucky to have him.

Thank you, Ralph, for all that you do. You have my vote.

Bud Ward

Grimstead, Va.
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